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Artificial intelligence-powered property search app Jitty is celebrating reaching the 10 10 ‘House & Home’ apps in the Google Play Store...

Everyone seems to be talking about artificial intelligence (AI) right now. It is an issue which has been bubbling under since Covid -...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property portal Jitty has now expanded to Bristol and the surrounding areas. The app said it clocked over 3,000...

The Able Agent has launched a Consumer Protection Regulations (CPR) guidance short course to support agents amid new Trading Standards material...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion has helped launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) property search tool that agents can embed in...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Dexters has entered the Asian property market with the acquisition of LiFE Residential. The deal strengthens Dexters position in London and also...

The mortgage rate rollercoaster is finally winding down but pressure will remain on the property market, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from...

Hunters West Cornwall has announced a new initiative to celebrate the Cornish language. The agency brand has introduced new sales boards that...

Agents should ban swearing from the workplace to boost employee wellbeing, a respected agency executive claims. Speaking on the latest episode of...

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

An artificial intelligence-powered property due diligence platform that is popular in the commercial market has raised £7.5m to help expand into...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

THE grounding of foreign travel during successive lockdowns meant many employers were saved from the stress of dealing with holiday requests...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Collaborative Conveyancing has won an Innovate UK grant in partnership with the Hartree Centre research facility and completed a fundraising round...

Proptech firm ValPal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) sphere with a new tool to help agents write better quality and...

We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...

Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...

Agents should be using social media and their own US-style personal brand to promote listings regardless of the value of the...

Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...

From singing and dancing to charitable support and sponsorships, agents have shown that there are plenty of ways to raise money...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Fine & Country has partnered with ListGlobally to feature all of their UK property listings on 106 international portals worldwide, according...

From bake sales to beach clean-ups, there have been plenty of ways that agents have been giving back for good causes...

It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which has a language of its own, and often revels in the...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its new Home Survey Standard will be implemented from March and will represent a...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...

A row is brewing over an agency which acted on a vendor’s request to use the English version of a house...

A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...

Having a responsive website - one which is designed to automatically resize to fit the size of the screen of the...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

Having built over 1900 websites for estate and lettings agents in the last 16 years, we know a thing or two...

Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Mike Day, one of the best known and most popular figures in the agency business, is celebrating 15 years as one...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

The Daily Mail and other papers are reporting that a buyer is suing an estate agent who allegedly failed to tell...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents has told Estate Agent Today that it WILL formally launch after all, in...

If an industry, which is going through a major change is going to truly implement change at every level, it must...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”.   Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

A website now marketing 380,000 homes from 900 agents across the world has struck a deal with an international property referral...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                                  What is The World Property Network...

Walk in your customers’ shoes Experiencing your business as your customers do would be our number one rule. How often do you...

Agents should remember to target overseas buyers and tenants according to the head of a business management system aimed at maximising international...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

The fledgling group of independent agents which has already launched attacks on online agency operators in general and Purplebricks in particular...

1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...

2016 has undoubtedly shone a spotlight on the reviews industry and drawn into question the legitimacy of online customer reviews.  Amazon, amongst...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

Housing appears to have a disappointingly low priority in the new Theresa May-led Cabinet - at least judging from the time...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...